Tag Archives: University of California

With the end of summer fast approaching comes another year of rising college tuition costs and looming student loans. College tuition has increased over the past several decades, but in the last 10 years the average cost of tuition for four-year public colleges and universities has grown at a lower rate than previous decades. Still, the…

Washington thrives on speculation and now, after months of guessing at things like primary contenders and vice presidential picks, it’s time to draft potential cabinets. With no shortage of well-educated guesses on who might lead the various executive departments, certain names crop up more often than others, often officials and bureaucrats with substantial political and policy…

Already this NCAA men’s basketball season has proven to be one for the record books. We’ve had six different No. 1 ranked teams throughout the season. AP-ranked top 10 teams have lost a total of 74 times, the most since 1948, when the AP started conducting its poll. This is not to say that there…

You could say Hillary Clinton is a teacher’s pet. As students return to class from summer break, their teachers, professors and school administrators are following a historical pattern: Those in education tend to give more to Democrats than Republicans. Individuals in the field donated $64.5 million during the last presidential election cycle, and more than…

President Obama might hope that his new education initiative doesn’t rile too many in academia: By reputation, college professors and staff members are solid Democrats, and a deeper look at their campaign contributions by the Center for Responsive Politics mostly backs that up — though certain types of schools tend to skew more left than others.

Animal welfare groups recently won a major victory when the head of the National Institutes of Health announced the agency would significantly curtail its use of great apes in scientific research. NIH’s action follows the failure of congressional legislation in a climate where animal rights groups could never keep up with groups — including drugmakers — that opposed the bill, particularly when it came to spending on lobbying and campaign contributions.

Ron Paul’s announcement Monday effectively ending his presidential bid brought the end of a quiet campaign that nevertheless raised more money — $36.7 million as of March 31– than that of any Republican candidate other than Mitt Romney. And his donors had an identity all their own.

Many special interest groups have invested heavily in supercommittee members on both sides of the aisle, including the securities and investment firms, the real estate industry and health professionals, according to new research by the Center for Responsive Politics.

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